Muhammad Bashar al-Faidi is the spokesman for Harith Sulayman al-Dhari, the chairman of the

Association of Muslim Scholars The Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq () is a group of religious leaders in Iraq. It was formed on the 14 April 2003, four days after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, U.S.-led invasion demolished the Ba'ath Party (Iraqi-dominated faction), Ba'athi ...

. On November 16, 2006, the

interior minister An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a Cabinet (government), cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and iden ...

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

, Jawad al-Bolani, a

Shi'ite Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (imam). However, his right is understood to ...

, announced that Dhari was wanted on a charge of inciting violence. "The government's policy is that anyone who tries to spread division and strife among the Iraq people will be chased by our security agencies." Muhammad replied on

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television and stated, "The decisions of this government are worthless because it only rules the

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*"This government should resign before the Iraqi people force it to resign," Faidi told Al-Jazeera television. "The association calls on its people to be calm."
"Warrant issued for Sunni leader: Arrest sought for allegedly inciting terror," Associated Press on www.boston.com, Boston.com, November 17, 2006 *Faidi accused the interior minister "of supporting terrorism by covering for hi'itemilitias that are killing the Iraqi people."

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